The Oily Rag - 11/14

[DanaT]

Crashed last night at 8pm (tired, rainy weather, a dangerous combination for me) so it's 7am and I've been awake for an hour which is a rare occurence. I don't know what to do with myself so I mosey over to Wetcanvas.

Checked on the first painting I ever glazed and it's still drying (I glazed it on Monday morning) Well the glaze was mostly linseed oil; I wonder if it'll take 10 years to dry like I heard with one painting. So this glazing experiment is taking longer than I thought. I think I'd better start something else so I have something to do while I'm waiting.

Geeze I just got the turpentine smell out of the house from the last time I painted. Well, at least it stopped raining so I can open the windows without getting flooded.

...to be continued...

[guillot]

Hi Dana. Yep, will probably take a long time to dry if you used too much linseed oil. I've been using liquin as a glazing medium. Works like a charm, dries real quick.

Glad to see interest in the Oily Rag coming back up!!

I'm off to work.

Tina

[LarrySeiler]

not intending to start another "copal medium" onslaught of posts here, Dana...but that is actually the original traditional intended use of that medium.

As a natural siccative, it attaches to the pigment and dries uniformly throughout. It has been a medium of choice for glazing. Some spread the medium over the area or work without pigment, then paint some paint directly in and scumble. Let dry, and repeat the process again and again. Others mix paint into and apply. Copal used this way would be dry in a couple days.

I'm sure there are other good sources of its use, and Ron Garrett on his site explains the techniques. Studio Products site is another good one on techniques and mediums.

http://www.garrettcopal.com

I'm the one that doesn't use the stuff traditionally, because I paint more impastoish and alla prima. I found out more recently though that many of the American early landscape painters used "oil of copal"...the Cape Cod, Hudson River....etc; painters.
take care,

Larry

[DanaT]

OK I'm seeing dry spots! Can it be that my little glazing experiment is actually DRYING? Larry, now I know why you work mostly alla prima. :)

Oops, gotta pull a Tina and go to work. ( :) guillot)

How's everybody's day going?